Roseville Vault Tour Results
The 2023 Vault Tour made its stop in Roseville, MN two weeks ago where 66 KeyForge players enjoyed three action-packed days of gaming and competition!
At the conclusion of the event, two new champions were crowned and each awarded the top prize of $3,000—one for the Archon tournament and one for the Alliance tournament. The runner-up in each tournament each received a $1,000 prize, and the third and fourth-place finishers in both tournaments walked away with $500 each. The top two finishers in each tournament who didn’t already have invitations to the 2023 KeyForge World Championship received invitations in addition to the cash prizes.
The Archon tournament started with 48 players and featured a diverse mixture of decks from across all KeyForge sets. Winds of Exchange had the largest share with 19 decks, followed by Mass Mutation with 10 decks.
The houses in Archon by popularity were:
- Logos (23 decks)
- Star Alliance (19 decks)
- Dis (18 decks)
- Brobnar (17 decks)
- Ekwidon (13 decks)
- Mars (13 decks)
- Shadows (12 decks)
- Saurian (9 decks)
- Unfathomable (8 decks)
- Untamed (8 decks)
- Sanctum (4 decks)
The top 11 cards that appeared most frequently in Archon decks were:
- Infurnace (14 total)
- Infomorph (13 total)
- Generous Offer (12 total)
- Brikk Nastee (11 total)
- Fresh Marks (11 total)
- Myx, the Tallminded (11 total)
- Rant and Rive (11 total)
- Urchin (11 total)
- Berserker Slam (10 total)
- Firespitter (10 total)
- The Visible Hand (10 total)
335 different cards each appeared only once in an Archon deck.
18 players participated in the Alliance tournament, and Winds of Exchange was by far the most popular set (10 decks total). Despite this, there was still quite a diverse mixture of houses:
- Mars (8 decks)
- Unfathomable (7 decks)
- Ekwidon (6 decks)
- Logos (6 decks)
- Brobnar (5 decks)
- Dis (5 decks)
- Star Alliance (5 decks)
- Saurian (4 decks)
- Untamed (4 decks)
- Sanctum (2 decks)
- Shadows (2 decks)
The top 10 cards that appeared most frequently in Alliance decks were:
- Befuddle (8 total)
- Adult Swim (7 total)
- Abyssal Sight (7 total)
- Exchange Program (6 total)
- Exhume (6 total)
- Helper Bot (6 total)
- Infurnace (6 total)
- Longusaur Lector (6 total)
- Sunk Cost (6 total)
- Xanthys Harvester (6 total)
A total of 215 different cards each appeared only once in an Alliance deck.
Archon Results
Champion: June* playing Becky “Axle” Jintroflow from Mass Mutation
Runner-Up: Ewokjr* playing The Ooze that Trains All Three Houses from Winds of Exchange
Top 4: FlamingHobo playing Jaonos “Sister Batwing” Couer from Winds of Exchange
Top 4: JK007 playing Brutus “Boss Crystal Pistol” Iocan from Age of Ascension
Top 8: Bastian12291 playing Devastatingly Aquiline Halfdan from Winds of Exchange
Top 8: Big Z playing “Pink Jacket” Tadeusz, City Dreamchaser from Mass Mutation
Top 8: Rhhaeder playing Provost Neverweb, the Acerbic Minstrel from Worlds Collide
Top 8: ryanchakajodda playying Symbil, Spawn of Jonabaron from Winds of Exchange
* Received an invitation to the 2023 KeyForge Archon World Championship Tournament
Alliance Results
Winner: TheNobleOne** playing playing an alliance of Dis, Logs, and Star Alliance from Mass Mutation
Runner-Up: JustinLizza** playing an alliance of Brobnar, Ekwidon, and Unfathomable from Winds of Exchange using Berserker as the token creature
Top 4: SCSteele playing an alliance of Mars, Logos, and Untamed from Age of Ascension
Top 4: Shadowmeld playing an alliance of Brobnar, Star Alliance, and Unfathomable from Winds of Exchange using Cadet as the token creature
Top 8: BHawk playing an alliance of Ekwidon, Saurian, and Unfathomable from Winds of Exchange using Scholar as the token creature
Top 8: Phillyno1 playing an alliance of Mars, Logos, and Untamed from Age of Ascension
Top 8: Trentenwarrior1 playing an alliance of Ekwidon, Sanctum, and Unfathomable from Winds of Exchange using Prospector as the token creature
Top 8: Zenbridger playing an alliance of Dis, Logos, and Shadows from Worlds Collide
** Received an invitation to the 2023 KeyForge Alliance World Championship Tournament
Roseville Archon Top 8 Players (L to R): Ewokjr, Big Z, JK007, FlamingHobo, June, bastian12291, ryanchakajodda, rhhaeder
Roseville Alliance Top 8 Players (L to R): JustinLizza, TheNobleOne, phillyno1, SCSteele, trentenwarrior1, shadowmeld, BHawk, zenbridger
Second Æmber
Players who got knocked out of the two main tournaments on Saturday could participate in the Second Æmber tournament where they could earn chances to win a variety of prizes including sealed KeyForge decks, metal key tokens, or an adorable Fuzzy Gruen. A total of 36 players competed against each other in 53 games. The most dedicated Second Æmber player was Lokekar, who played in seven matches throughout the day.
Rocking the Amalgamator
One of the featured side events at the Roseville Vault Tour was the Gormangeist Speed Run Challenge, where teams of KeyForge players raced to win the KeyForge Adventure: Fall of the House Gormangeist in the least amount of time. Over the course of the event, this challenge was attempted more than a dozen times, and three different teams each held the top slot at various points.
Team 1-LO threatened to take the win with a finish time of exactly 15:00 (that’s fast!). But then Dirty Dogs of Summer shredded 1-LO’s hopes by running two Winds of Exchange decks each featuring the entire Bräkken band; they finished with a blazing win time of only 11:46! Rock on Dogs!
We’d like to give special thanks to Tabletop Royale for streaming matches over the weekend. You can watch featured matches from the Roseville Vault Tour at their YouTube channel.
Congratulations to all of our top-8 finalists, and thank you to all the players who participated in our amazing event! Everyone at Ghost Galaxy and Gamezenter had a blast, and we look forward to seeing you all again at the next Vault Tour!
Four More Vault Tours to Come
You still have chances to compete in KeyForge Vault Tours this year! Visit the links below to learn more information about each of the upcoming events.
Dallas, TX USA is September 15-17
Shanghai, China is September 15-17
